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Picture source: Mike Pittock

The Hat & Feathers was situated on Barton Road.

Source: John Turner

There were a community of Pembroke hostels on Selwyn Gardens, and Grange and Barton Road. Between 1980 and 82 The Hat was very much 'our' pub, and Alan Lye (always known as 'Wibbley') a most welcoming and warm landlord. Front bar was the home of the College darts team, while the middle hosted memorable cricket club evenings on our way back from the College ground at Grantchester Meadows in the far-off times when we used to play two games a week. The very best of days.

Charlie Payne (November 2020)

I was an exchange student at Wolfson College in summer 1984. The Hat and Feathers was close by and welcoming. This is where I learned to appreciate English bitter, play darts, and take in the traditional pub experience at first hand.

David Sisk (July 2023)

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Name	Dates	Comments
Ian Nelson	1958/1961	As an Undergraduate at Selwyn College, Grange Road this pub was our "local". One non-uni regular was Kelsey Kerridge, a local builder for whom the Roofing Contractor I later worked for did business!
Marwan Nusair	1967/1970	I lived across the street at 26 Barton Road and this was my pub. The proprietor used to keep a few cold Dutch beers for me and I would consume 2 or 3 in the evening. Pleasant memories of undergraduate life (Pembroke).
David Bryson	1959/1962	Customer from Selwyn College.
Donna Boyd Netschert	1976/1980	My late husband, Jamie Netschert, and I lived in married student housing at Selwyn College; first on Grange Road followed by West Road. I was hired as a barmaid, a young American living abroad. I learned to pull beer out of a keg without getting it on my shoes! Alan and Pam Lye, the publicans, lived upstairs with their two children. The Lyes taught me much about English life. My go-to drinks were Cinzano and lemonade and Babycham.